- From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:17:20 -0400
- To: "Henry S. Thompson" <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
- Cc: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, www-tag@w3.org
Henry S. Thompson scripsit:
> Hmm -- I'm less happy here. Leaving aside the political science
> meanings, seems to me there are two primary ordinary-language meanings
> of 'represent':
Here are the meanings of 'representation' from the OED, omitting the
political, the abstract, and the obsolete:
2. a. An image, likeness, or reproduction in some manner of a thing.
2. b. A material image or figure; a reproduction in some material or
tangible form; in later use esp. a drawing or painting (of a person
or thing).
3. a. The exhibition of character and action upon the stage; the (or a)
performance of a play.
5. a. A formal and serious statement of facts, reasons, or arguments,
made with a view to effecting some change, preventing some action, etc.;
hence, a remonstrance, protest, expostulation.
Make of these what you will.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan
The whole of Gaul is quartered into three halves.
-- Julius Caesar
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